I planted a forest two years ago
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- čas přidán 12. 12. 2023
- FOREST UPDATE 2023: In August of 2021 I loaded up my old ute and old trailer with 1440 trees, bundles of long sticks, a hand of bananas, pogo-stick-planter, dirty swag, slippery tin of sunscreen and a pair of bespoke gumboots lined with running innersoles. My aim was to plant a tree a minute for 24 hours. I did it, just, plodding away with the final trays of trees as if I was wounded. In the film ‘A tree a minute’ my final text said ‘I’ll make a follow up film in two years’. So here I am, as promised, revisiting the small 2.5 acre plot on my good friends block to see how this old creek, once cleared, is getting on as a newly fledged patch of forest.
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Produced and Directed by
BEAU MILES
Produced and Edited by
MITCH DRUMMOND
Final Sound Mix
JAMES DOBSON
Goodonya
HEATH STRATING for keeping the cows out and local critters for not being too brutal with your animal instincts.
PATRICK QUAY for photos.
CHRIS ORD for original footage.
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Watch the original planting: • Planting a small fores...
I am in Texas, when we got our property in 1984 I was 11 years old. My Dad was clearing the land with his brush hog and my Mom stopped him at 1 hackberry tree about 2 feet tall and said "Lets keep this one" I am 50 years old now and both parents are gone but the tree stands in the middle of my yard at an astounding 90 feet tall. I think about them discussing if they should let the tree grow or not and I am so glad they did. That tree gives me memories of them every time I walk out of my house.
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What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing!
Thats awesome
Goosebumps from your beautiful story ❤Thank you for sharing 🙏
Glad you have that memory of them.
Beau hitting us with existential dread while casually leaning on a tree he planted, rubbing his face with a bush. Gotta love it
Reality ❤
Don't fear death, strive to live on once you're gone.
Church time 😎
@@symbungee Words every megalomaniac lives by.
You say don't fear death, yet you clearly fear it the most.
universal kindness masked as dread and smelling of sweetly eucalyptus
@@HRRRRRDRRRRR That doesn't make them a megalomaniac
"A society grows great when men plant trees who's shade they shall never sit in" is an old proverb I take to heart. Love the work you do Beau!
This is one of my favourite quotes and it is so perfectly fitting.
Enter Paulownia 🤣
But he also got to sit under the shade
“When old men plant trees”
Its the same quote someone commented on beau's video of him planting those trees and tbh the quote had deep impact in my way of thinking 😊
I'm a German forestry student and I love what you did there. Especially the wild mix of different kinds of tree is exactly the way to go! Cheers mate :)
Hey thats awesome. I am a german forestry student too. It is truly amazing what a single man can do in just one day. Great role model for all of us. Keep it going buddy.
@@diesachsenangler762 I'm also a German student and my subject is also related to forestry, but I just wanted to comment in English under urs as well.
I am neither German nor studying forestry, and I don't know why but it feels like I'm in the wrong place.
We've planted 100+ new trees on our property in the last year thanks to your first film, you've directly and indirectly had a positive impact on the environment on opposite sides of the world, simply from deciding to make a film about it. Well done.
That's super cool!
plant 100+ fruit tree with careful planning and you not only create a ecosystem for surronding bird, predators, all sort of insect, you will probably never buy fruit again
I did the same, although I only planted about 40-50, but it's 40-50 trees that weren't there before. Thanks for the inspiration Beau!
Thing I love about Beaus channel is the comment section, it isn’t bogged down with troll comments. No, it’s got comments like this. Wholesome !!
I have done the same!!!! 12 acres in Maple Ridge British Columbia! Absolutely love Beaus work and love that other have also planted trees!!
This is one of the most amazing legacies you could leave. Your little girl was one year old (ish) when you planted these trees. Imagine when she is 70 and can look over the amazing forest that will grow, and say " My dad did that.". ❤
Basically what Emerson said.
such a great point
My mother of 85 and I with my wife and kids went back recently and saw seedlings that my mom and I planted back in 82 up in blast zone of Mount St Helens. That was a serious vibe.
That blows my mind!
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The meaning of life is to give life meaning, which you have done in this film!
This is a succinct and beautifully said sentiment, I totally agree.
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SQUID??!!?
@iBallisticSquid so well said!
Life needs no meaning as meaning is the life it self.
My wife's grandpa just passed away recently and was an avid tree planter. He would wake up and plant trees all the time. In 2003 he was NRD's "tree planter of the year" planting over 100,000 with his family. My wife told me stories about how they would wake up and his children and grandchildren never wanted to go plant trees. Looking back however, those are some of their fondest memories. Taking care of our planet is one of the best things anyone can do in my opinion. Hats off to you and your family.
What a hero your wife's grandpa for doing this! Here in Holland we are harvest trees sibbelings wich are in the wrong place so that they cannot grow to adult trees. Then they go to tree hubs where farmers, and people who want to have one or more threes to plant can get them for free. It also gives sastisfaction to do this and this concept is now also starting in Germany and Ireland. So that we can make the planet much faster greener with trees. It is called meerbomennu in Holland.
@@user-tq4co5yq8u cool! I've thought about this concept as well, so to learn that it is already happening in Holland is exciting and profound.
@@user-tq4co5yq8u I pulled out an orphan tree from the side of my house and put it in the corner of the back yard a few years back. It's about 18 ft tall now, and when its trunk gets to be 1ft across, it will be protected by city (Toronto) law forever...
What a wonderful legacy he has made of his life. His planting will benefit generations of many living creatures.He was ahead of his time.
As a restoration ecologist, your sentiments about planting for other creatures you’ll never know is spot on
Cheers for the chime in David.
I totally agree, I had never thought of it like that... Very cool!
Restoration ecology is a job??? Woah!!! do you mind sharing a bit more about it ?
This has got me thinking of a quote I heard “ A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in” thank you Beau
I've heard that quote...love it.❤👍🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘
Wow, that's beautiful.
From a restoration ecology perspective, I'd love to see you look into the historic plant community of the area and maybe plant some appropriate bushes or understory herbs. That kind of space is so valuable for the habitat and the animals of an area, and adding some more structual diversity can really increase that benefit! Keep at it, Beau!
Super awesome. Nice work!
Nice to see you here!
You two should collab and make a video planting a colony of trees, I'd be down to watch it.
It scratches at a level 3, with deeper grooves at a level 4.
Seems he chose to stop cutting his hair & beard the same day 😅 👍❤
I was having one of my lowest days ever. It’s 9 at night in Los Angeles and then boom…a Beau vid. Now I get to try and sleep with a slight smile instead of sitting in that head space I’ve been stuck in. Thank you, as always. Your films are always what I need.
0615 in Scotland, I've woken up before my alarm, so lying in bed enjoying this update and looking forward to the next one in 2025
I hope that when you wake up, that a better day starts for you
Angeleno-adjacent (Pasadena) here.
I hope your evening continues to get better, and that tomorrow is even better still.
I'm In Victoria, Australia. I live about an hours drive from where these trees are. I know the landscape, I know the Gums, I know how they smell. I know how fucking big they are when fully grown.
I also get the same feeling from Beau's videos. It's comforting to think that there are people from all over who find satisfaction and inspiration from watching this as well.
You and me both pal. It helps to remember that right now millions of people are feeling similar emotions and good through tough times.
I didn't know it before starting this video, but an Australian giving a pep talk to some trees he planted is exactly what I needed today. Thanks for being you Beau!!
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Brought tears to my eyes, remembering the original video. We've been looking after a half-acre plot in northern France for the last fifteen years, planted upwards of 50 trees, most but not all still surviving, and as a side benefit have had many kilos of plums, pears, apples and, in the last two years, walnuts, to say nothing of the sensual pleasure of sitting among the trees. But really this planting, like yours, is about a future we will never see. We're almost 80 now, and who knows what will happen in 2, 20 or 200 years. But you have to trust that you're leaving the place in a better shape than when you started - that's all anyone can ask.
Great to see, Beau. We planted 300 trees when we moved here 17 years ago, and on average have planted 10 trees a year since then. Let's all keep on planting. 👍🏼🌳
I've been doing bushland restoration for 15 years and I'm lucky to be managing the same sites for over 11 years. I've planted over 50,000 plants and seeing them.grow and the landscape change is something spiritual. Love your work mate
I'm in NZ and up to 19,000. It's pretty good aye?
@davidblake8612 the best! Simple things
Its nice knowing people like you exist
Did they grew well ?
Beau for Australian of the Year.
Makes you realise just how devastating two-and-a-half centuries of land clearing has been. And how much further we need to regenerate and restore.
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First time I saw Bill Mollison he was poking saplings into suburban blandscapes .... ...
Luckily the top soil there seems to be intact. In places like Iceland or Scotland it's sometimes mostly gone from wind erosion unfortunately, which makes reforestation a more complicated process. The mediterranean was covered with forests as well at some point.
@@Tony.795 A LOT of that is down to overgrazing.
I was a Canadian tree planter for many years. Put about half a million trees into the ground over those years, and have been back to see a few of my blocks since. I absolutely understand how you felt in this video, it's really an amazing thing to make a forest with your hands.
He really is like a proud father taking in how much his children have grown.
Beau is definitely the hero we wanted and needed
Too true 👍
But if we deserve him I don't quite know yet.
Beau, I cannot think of a better thing than you posting a film. It truly makes any day 10 times better. Thank you for all that you do. Keep it going!!
Great video You are starting to look like Forest Gump at the end of his running scene Get Helen to give you a pruning just like a tree.
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You need to live a little
From Canada, good for you Beau. I did something similar here in Ontario, Canada. Nothing more rewarding. Knowing those trees will be here after you have gone. And people will be enjoying those trees for years.
Beau is one of those people who can find something positive to say about literally anything or anybody. He could even give a tree a nice compliment.
Wow that was 2 years ago already... Time does fly. Keep it up, Beau!
I was thinking the same thing!
Don't make us feel any older than we already do! Lol
Well done Beau! My old man and me have planted well over 5000 trees on his farm property here in Vicco as well over the last few years. It's rewarding seeing it start to grow and new life enter into a new little eco system.
Any water? Making a pond is a total game-changer!
We have 3 dams on the property, but we honestly don't need to use them. You plant in winter so they get firm roots over the wet spring, and by the summer they usually last really well if the plants are indigenous to the area. You always account that you loose about 20%@@dancarter482
Beau reminds me of Steve Irwin, Mr Rogers, Bob Ross. A good person to look up to. Exceptionally kind and well intentioned. Beau, we appreciate you. Thanks for sharing.
I helped plant a pine forest on my brothers property in northern Michigan in 1965. Those trees are huge now and beautiful!
This is why I love watching Beau, he's not an influencer, he's a role model
As a fellow Australian, It's heartwarming to see the hard work and effort Beau has put into giving back to the Environment.
*Edit* I was not expecting this many likes.
Your friend should also be commended for wanting to re-forest his land. Your efforts are always amazing ❤
Mate, this is brilliant. 2 years ago I was watching your planting a tree a minute video, when I was feeling especially bad, and I just set a reminder in my agenda for 2 years later. And exactly 2 years later you post this one, when I'm feeling so much better, it's like I planted a tree for me back then. I will check back in 2 years, love the progress, keep at it.
I’m speechless. But being certain that I won’t be alive in two years to aw and wonder on the eden you’ve sowed , I can’t leave with out thanking you at least, for making our world a better place. Thank you.
Why?
Sorry, you'll not be around to see it, hope your passing may be gentle & you are at peace with it.(or rage against the dying of the light, whichever you prefer !-)
"I planted it as real estate for anything other than humans" Absolutely amazing, beautifully done Beau!
Cant wait for another Update. your forest is thriving mate
Imagine if everyone would just do something similar with their front and back yards. The world I dream about....... Strong work!
We planted about a hundred trees in a fenced-off plot of land in the middle of my grandad-in-law's cattle paddock about four years ago, and it always brings me joy whenever we pop by to visit and see how big the trees have grown since.
Sounds awesome 😊
The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to get so absolutely, hopelessly confused that there's nothing left to do but act.
I think you’re hitting the purposeful nail on it’s metaphoric head Beau! Thanks for the great viewing!
One must imagine Beau happy.
@christopherhayes4803 The "One must imagine Sisyphus happy" is from Albert Camus's Book on "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1942) and served as the tag line and takeaway from the book. Albert Camus often talked about living, suicide and purpose.
Camus never said that.
@@4kirbhe’s talking about the original comment. Which doesn’t come from anything Camus said or wrote. He just made it up
I can't believe it has already been two years! Thank you, Beau for continuing to inspire, entertain, and just overall be a good person.
So cool watching this.. I saw you plant those little saps and had forgotten now this two years later! Wow.
I'm 26 and I've planted a tree years ago it was about my height now it towers over our house.
Time goes on
God bless you ✝️
How exciting! Wouldn't mind getting more updates over the years :)
Yeah I’ve been checking his channel every week for this video
Glad to see the update Beau! I remember watching you plant those trees, and it is really cool to see how they are doing.
There's something so soothing, meaningful, simple yet rich about your videos. This was fantastic
I've been stealing saplings from areas that would be getting landscaped and transferring them to new habitat. Keep inspiring!
Sounds like safeguarding not stealing mate, keep at it!
Your original film inspired me to do the same last year.
I'm not sure how many I've planted now but slowly but surely, week by week I see extra life.
One day, I'll stand in the shade of a tree I planted too. Hopefully next year:) x
I’ve been waiting for this video for two years, and I’m looking forward to seeing the next edition in two years. Mimicking this idea is certainly one of my life goals now.
This story is just amazing. It’s stunning how 24hrs can result in hundreds and hundreds of years of life for animals. Keep it up beau, we love what you do for your planet, your family, and everyone else.❤️
I remember the massive effect this video had on me 2 years ago and it pushed my life in a direction that lead me to where i an today , now this video comes at an uncanny time and again it has changed my life incredibly,bou, you truly change lives in with your complex simplicity
I'm nearly 40 - and want to be like Beau when I grow up. Thanks again for another inspiring video - and much needed existential gut-punch.
Beau Beau Beau - I watched you for a thousand reason I will never know. - but one thing I know is that you get my thinking about about stuff - good stuff, silly stuff, time stuff - with a smile on my face I watch your silly and not so silly adventures.
Grateful,
Steve aka The Talking Fly
Again, Beau just makes me smile. So pleasing to see how they have grown, and how Beau sees and reacts to such a simple undertaking.
So inspiring Beau - thanks so much for this beautiful update 🥲🥰 I've planted mini forests of 12 - 20 trees every weekend from autumn to early spring this year. (So your feat is off the charts!) I've added understory trees like grevilleas and bottlebrush in with the bigger wattles and eucalypts. Hope in 2 years time they'll look as good and will leave a legacy of shady fauna food forests. I try to leave the trees alone but I do go and talk to them 😀.
Can't wait to cry my eyes out again in two years. This is surreal.
I've been staying up late thinking about just what you've talked about in this video Beau. The nature of life, and of death. The nature of doing something for life that you'll never know or understand. Feels real great to hear you put it into words and get a glimpse into another human's life and thoughts about it when he's willing to share them. Thanks for a really meaningful film.
-Wisdom
I remember the initial planting video. And to see this update is inspiring. A legacy to leave behind for the benefit of the Earth. What a powerful thing.
Your closing remarks make quite a statement. “And for a thousand reasons I’ll never fully understand.”
Cheers, mate. Good on ya.
I'm so glad he took the time to talk to and encourage the plants that were downtrodden; there are many experiments done that plants respond to, and grow more healthily to positive human words and music. After two years alone from being planted, I guarantee your one visit there will boost those trees up to sky-high from that encouragement.
7 minutes of Beau talking to trees, we are truly not worthy! What a gift to this world you are, Beau- thank you for the inspiration you give to all of us!
So glad you did this follow up video. Great to see their progress.
You're iconic mate. Keep on going being awesome! Greetings from Germany
This has literally been my most anticipated youtube video for the last 2 years. Encouraging to see!
Well done.!! One year a politician for the Green Party dropped off a spruce seedling at every door. I asked everyone I knew if they didn't want the little trees I would take them. I planted them, maybe about 8, in a patch of forest in a clearing behind our house. The first few years I watered them and kept the grass back. They are native to our area and they took off. When we moved away 16 years later they were 20' tall and fantastically healthy. So I get what you are saying.
The grass is a real killer of new tree saplings, since it chokes them out. Takes all the water. Blocks the sun etc. It's one of the biggest mistake i see people who plant new tree's make.
That's amazing ❤
Great. Just great. Really awesome and was already looking forward to this video for a long time!!
What a treat to be able to get some shade from trees you've planted yourself. Well done!
brought tears to my eyes. wonderful!!!
I think his path of truly discovering his connection and place with nature and the universe as a whole is a mirror for what the entire purpose of our awareness might very well be. Thank you Beau, for doing the soul work we all need.
This is very inspiring.
Happy to see you casually talking to the trees like they’re old friends. I do that a lot. Looking forward to seeing the progress of the forest in 2yrs.
can't believe it's been two years already. so happy to see that the trees are thriving. thank you for everything you do and share Beau.
The update I've been waiting for!
Lets all plant a few trees ❤
This is how my relationship with Beau began : ) Happy to see the forest is developing as strongly as my admiration for this fabulously unique human!
You should be proud of yourself. You did a great job👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you. We have to plant trees for the past, for the *present* and for the _future_ !
You don't need to search for the meaning of life, you just need to live with meaning. You've been doing that all along Beau, good on ya!
your videos are always a reminder of the good out there, thank you for all you do!
My life is richer for you having lived as you have, Beau. Thank you for sharing it all.
Beau, you are such a legend! Triple a human being compared to most. I could listen to you talking sense all day long. Thanks for making this video and all the others.
I believe that ‘the meaning of life’ is to achieve,learn,witness,acquire and appreciate as much as you can in this life.. (fill the bucket) and then past all you have learned onto thy child.. cheers my friend🇨🇦
I think I have to add this to my summer list, I haven't planed trees since I left home, and every year I used to. There so many on my parents property, some which are large enough to climb. Thanks Beau, you are without a doubt one of the most inspirational people that doesn't really try to.
It is comforting to know people like Beau exist
I really hope you keep filming these incredible videos Beau.
Your new forest is looking fantastic two years on. It has always amazed me when I've gone back to planting jobs many years later, it's amazing how fast a bare paddock can be transformed back into a full on rainforest in only around five to ten years. Mother nature is amazing, and it takes people just like you to actually make a difference for the betterment of the planet. Thank you from the trees 💚🌲🌴👍
So great to see the progress 2 years later. Such a rewarding feeling to look and see the impact your efforts made Beau.
Beau you are what we should all be, love from England
As a relatively new viewer watching your channel, stumbling across the Bad River episode while contemplating finalising an assignment in the early hours one morning, I’ve utterly enjoyed flipping through the earlier episodes and latest ones as I do my Robert G Barrett novels. I still haven’t completed the Beau series, waiting for the time between well kids, work and general stuff and things and wanted to thank you for the viewing pleasure and being an insightful person and as the kids say that bloke is a lot like you dad, sometimes he has a beard sometimes not loves the outdoors and wears shirts from the op shop that no one else wants. Thanks mate look forward to the next Beau adventure and have a Merry Christmas 🎅🏼
I’ve been waiting for this video, can’t wait to see this in another two years. Planting native trees is one of the best things you can do and of course beau goes above and beyond. Another class act
"Things like this are so easy NOT to do", So true Beau but your videos give me the motivation to go out and make a positive impact to my surroundings! Keep up the incredible and important work.
Thanks Beau, we need more people like you. Cant believe its has been 2 years already. You're an inspiration ❤
Beau you are a gem. Thanks for the videos and words of wisdom.
Beautiful, can't believe it's been two years since watching you plant them!
Keep up the great work Beau you wonderful soul.
This is amazing! I'm thrilled you've shown us an update of this awesome project.
Time for a good cuppa and a new Beau Miles video! Thanks for the afternoon entertainment. Never cease to produce high quality content, goodonya mate.
Oh god I love this. Watching you plant them all was a pleasure, seeing you now enjoy them all made me emotional from beginning to end. Thank you for continuing to inspire, Beau.
Thanks for sharing your perspective and giving the update. I hope we are all here for the next chapter.
Great job Beau, was randomly recommended the original planting video, it's great to see how well they're growing!
This was beautiful, as always. Thank you for doing what you do.
Your happiness about the success of your mad tree-planting rush is infectious! May your little forest thrive forever!
Thank you Beau, for putting a big genuine smile on my face today.
Always delighted when a Beau Miles video drops. I'm of a similar age and it's an ongoing life lesson that I hope you're going to carry on with for many, many, many years to come!
Lovely work Beau, great to see the progression that those saplings have made since you have planted them.
Beautiful little film. You must be so pleased at how well it’s turned out.
I enjoyed watching you plant these trees and I enjoyed watching this updated. I’ll gladly watch your next update on them in two years.